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A curated selection of events from across the globe that align with the Fab City Global Initiative and explore new ways of shaping how cities produce, share, and regenerate their local systems.

Conference

AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2026

The AfriLabs Annual Gathering brings together more than 1,200 innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and ecosystem leaders from Africa and beyond. Eight thematic tracks cover policy and AI, health, creative economy, green and blue economy and investment.

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November 21, 2026

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European Week for Waste Reduction 2026

The European Week for Waste Reduction is Europe's largest communication campaign on waste prevention and reuse. Cities, organisations and communities run local actions that show practical ways out of the throwaway society. The 2026 theme is material sufficiency.

November 26, 2026

Conference

Rog Design Days

On 26 and 27 November 2026, Rog Forum at Center Rog, Ljubljana, explores the theme, More Than Us, invites us to shift our perspective: from design in which humans are the sole point of reference, to reflecting on a world in which we are part of a broader network of relationships with other beings, environments, materials, and technologies.

December 12, 2026

Maker Event

Maker Faire Shenzhen 2026

Maker Faire Shenzhen showcases makers, hardware innovators and manufacturers from one of the world's most important production ecosystems. It is a meeting point for anyone interested in how distributed making connects with industrial capacity.

February 18, 2027

Festival

Bangkok Design Week 2027

Bangkok Design Week is a city-wide festival that uses design and creativity to activate neighbourhoods and local economies across Bangkok. Organised by the Creative Economy Agency, the 2027 tenth edition, Design to Last: Ever Evolving, Everlasting, brings together designers, makers, communities and public institutions across the city's creative districts.

April 06, 2027

Conference

Urban Future 2027

Urban Future is a global conference for people who drive change in cities. The 2027 edition in Istanbul focuses on Ready Cities, People-Powered Cities and Urban Branding, bringing together more than 2,000 participants including 150 mayors and city leaders.

May 10, 2027

Festival

re:publica 2027

re:publica is Europe's largest festival on digital society, where activists, technologists, researchers and artists discuss how technology can address global challenges.

May 14, 2027

Conference

FABRICATE 2027

FABRICATE is an international peer-reviewed conference on digital fabrication in architecture and design. The sixth edition, hosted by IAAC in Barcelona, looks at how architectural production is being rethought around material, social and environmental concerns.

May 25, 2027

Conference

Global Fashion Summit 2027

Global Fashion Summit is the leading international forum on sustainability in fashion, setting the agenda on the most critical environmental, social and ethical issues facing the industry.

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